Respondents’ Involvement in Tourist Activities at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Michał Roman, Arkadiusz Niedziółka and Andrzej Krasnodębski
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Michał Roman: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Arkadiusz Niedziółka: Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Andrzej Krasnodębski: Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 31-120 Krakow, Poland

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 22, 1-21

Abstract: The article is aimed at presenting the survey respondents’ involvement in tourist activities, taking into account certain factors at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The main objective may be divided into three direct aims, each of which consists of the determination of the factors that can influence the choice of tourist journeys: (1) organizational factors, (2) social-economic ones, and (3) sustainable development. The authors’ own research findings are used to verify the objective. The research was conducted in April and May 2020 with the use of a diagnostic survey method and a questionnaire. Five-hundred sixty-four respondents from Poland (Podlaskie, Masovian, and Lesser Poland Voivodeships) and 133 respondents from the US (New York State, New Jersey, and Illinois) took part in the research. It was divided into organizational, social-economic, and sustainable development related factors. The research confirmed, inter alia, a great impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the organization of tourist travels by the respondents in 2020. The issue presented in the article is a new one; it has not yet been a subject matter of research. That is the major reason the authors aimed to conduct it. What is a new methodological element in the article is the organization of some concepts concerning tourism and a presentation of the influence of COVID-19 on tourism. In the authors’ opinion, the issues presented are new and have a considerable impact on new trends in the development of tourism at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue discussed is very broad, and the article does not exhaust it. The research findings are compared to the research findings reported by other authors, and standard deviations are calculated.

Keywords: tourism; sustainable tourism; pandemic crisis; COVID-19; global change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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